on MISLEADING TV ADDS AND LIES? MISLEADING Camapaign Funders The Worst Tea Party Express = Conservative, Sal Russo, Chuck Norris, Mike Huckabee, Ross Perot Jr., Joe Miller, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle violated campaign finance laws coordinating with O’Donnell accepting contributions from the Tea Party Express in excess of legal limits U.S. Chamber of Commerce = Conservative, Thomas J. Donohue, Pfizer, AEGON Insurance, CVS/Caremark, AFL-CIO, Sierra Club and Foreign Chinse and Indian Corp contibutions of $650 million for lobbying & TV adds, skirting campaign finance laws with 160 U.S. Corp tax cuts based overseas Republican 60 Plus Association = Conservative/Republican,James L. Martin, a "front" for big pharmaceutical companies. American Action Network = GOP/Right-center,Rob Collins,Eric Cantor,New York bankers,Home Depot, Jeb Bush, American Crossroads = GOP/Conservative, Mike Duncan,Public Storage, Chief Oil and Gas, Swift Boat Veterans, Omni Hotels, Gold’s Gym American Future Fund = Sandra Greiner, Mitt Romney, Hawkeye ethanol Energy, Nick Ryan Rastetter Foundation Americans for Job Security = Free-market/Republican,Stephen DeMaura, Scott Brown, Blanche Lincoln, tea party Ken Buck, violated federal election law failing to register TV spots Americans for Prosperity = GOP/Conservative, David H. Koch, Cato Institute, Tim Phillips, Georgia-Pacific, Quilted Northern,Brawny,Angel Soft,Sparkle,Vanity Fair,Lotus,Mardi Gras, abused tax-deductible status with radio and TV ads Senate races Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity = Republican, lawyers,lobbyist, CHGO William B. Canfield, Democratic Walt Minnick, failing to file public reports Committee for Truth in Politics = Republican, James Bopp, the Supreme Court to overturn restrictions on corporate and union funding, TV ads falsley attacking Obama, bank bailouts, abortion, convicted sexual abusers, cap-and-trade, jobs overseas MN Forward = Republican, Target Corp, same-sex marriages Public Notice = Republican, Gretchen Hamel, Sen Tom Coburn and John McCain, Kantar Media, false Tv adds of stimulus package not creating jobs. Revere America = Republican, George Pataki, Insurance Corp, repealing Obamacare Super PAC for America = Dick Morris, Fox News Democrat AFL-CIO = Democratic/Liberal, a voluntary federation of 56 labor unions Alliance for a Better Minnesota = Tom Emme, funded primarily by labor unions AFSCME = Municipal Employees = Liberal, Larry Scanlon Americans United for Change = Democratic/Liberal,MoveOn.org,Teamsters, Tom McMahon,Nancy Pelosi MoveOn.org = Liberal, Joan Blades and Wes Boyd, Huffington Post, George Soros SEIU Service Employees Union = Jon Youngdahl http://www.factcheck.org/2010/10/whoppers-of-campaign-2010/ Stripper Poles